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MEASURING AND REGISTERING GRAIN.

WILLIAM H. PFRIMMER, OF LANESVILLE, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 77,521, dated Mag 5, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEASURING AND REGISTERING GRAIN.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAS! H. PFRIMMER, of L ancsville, in the county of Morrison, and State of Indi. ana, have invented a new and improved Grain-llleasuring Register; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of my improved grain-measuring register.

Figure 2 is a top view or plan. I

Figure 3 is a cross-section, taken in the line a: :r, fig. 2'.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

lhe object of this invention is to keep an accurate record of the quantity of grain measured or weighed, by means of a self-registering apparatus, whereby disputes, which often occur in the delivery of grziin, between farmers and dealers, are prevented or avoided.

This improvement consists in a device, connected with a weighing sealo, for marking the number of bushels or other quantity weighed, on a dial-plate, which keeps the register every time a certain quantity is weighed .or measured.

A is a weighing-platform, hung in the middle on apivot, a, over one end of which is placed a grain-hopper, B, for receiving the grain from a threshing-machine, elevator, hln, die.

The opposite end of the platform A is provided, on one side, with a projecting pin, 6, thatscatches against a bent lever, c, enclosed in a case, C, which lever works a pawl, d, to rotate a wheel, e, hung on a shaftg'g, on which is a pointer, I, of a'dial-pla te, marked with numbers, for recording the quantity of grain measured.

The shaft 9 carries an arm, 7:, that catches on teeth around the periphery of a wheel, e, on a shaft,.g', that carries the pointer-h" of' a dial, indicating a higher set of numbers in talleys or scores.

A measure, I), is set upon the end of the platform A, under the hopper B, and the scale-beam E is adjusted to weigh the amount of grain required. 7

llhc scale-beam being down, the front end of the platform is elevated; the discharging valvo in in the hop pcr is then opened, and a projecting spring, n, catches over the scale-beam, and holds the valve open while the grai'rris filling the measure. As soon as the proper weight is in the measure, the scale-beam rises and trips the catch-spring 11 so that the discharge-valve closes, being drawn back to its scat by a spiral spring, 21.

The front end of the platform A, under the measure, is depressed, and the other end rises, which operates the pointers on the dials, by means of the pawl d on the wheel e, and they record the measure. The pointers are prevented from moving backwards by a (log, q, that engages the teeth in the wheel 2, and thus the account of the grain measured is accurately recorded.

Two measures are used, one of which is placed on a side stationary platform, F, while the grain is meas-' urcd, and is moved forward by a spring-sweep, r, when the filled measure is removed by pushing it ov er the platform A, which again tilts, and the operation of measuring is repeated.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The tilting-platform A, in combination with the scale-beam E, the hopper B, and the recording-apparatus of the dials, the whole constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

WILLIAM H. PFR-IMMER. Witnesses:

FRANCIS M; SANDS, MICBEAL GEHLBAGH. 

